Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) has been given a $95.00 target price by equities researchers at Wedbush in a research report issued on Monday. The brokerage presently has a “hold” rating on the financial services provider’s stock. Wedbush’s price target points to a potential downside of 0.82% from the stock’s current price.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. BidaskClub cut shares of Capital One Financial from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Monday, August 14th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $116.00 to $118.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 25th. Robert W. Baird restated a “hold” rating and issued a $84.00 target price on shares of Capital One Financial in a research report on Tuesday, September 5th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods set a $106.00 price target on shares of Capital One Financial and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 15th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered shares of Capital One Financial from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $97.00 to $83.00 in a report on Friday, September 8th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $96.24.

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Capital One Financial (COF) opened at $95.79 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $46,433.65, a P/E ratio of 12.64, a PEG ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. Capital One Financial has a 12-month low of $76.05 and a 12-month high of $96.92.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 24th. The financial services provider reported $2.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.15 by $0.27. The company had revenue of $6.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.81 billion. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 13.34% and a return on equity of 8.25%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.03 EPS. sell-side analysts predict that Capital One Financial will post 7.97 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

In other news, Director Bradford H. Warner sold 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.94, for a total value of $664,580.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 57,085 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,419,649.90. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Michael Slocum sold 8,292 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.99, for a total transaction of $762,781.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 53,613 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,931,859.87. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 131,868 shares of company stock worth $12,378,192 over the last three months. Insiders own 1.73% of the company’s stock.

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Psagot Investment House Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the 4th quarter valued at $105,000. Advantage Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the 4th quarter valued at $112,000. BB&T Investment Services Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the 2nd quarter valued at $108,000. Seven Eight Capital LP lifted its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 16.7% during the 2nd quarter. Seven Eight Capital LP now owns 1,400 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $116,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the period. Finally, Israel Discount Bank of New York GFN acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the 4th quarter valued at $123,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.43% of the company’s stock.

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Capital One Financial Company Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation is a diversified financial services holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, offers a range of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through branches, the Internet and other distribution channels. The Company’s segments include Credit Card, Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking and Other.